Scales
F Messiaen's Mode #4 Scale
F · Gb · G · Bb · B · C · Db · E
F Messiaen's Mode #4 is a scale built on F with the notes F · Gb · G · Bb · B · C · Db · E.
F Messiaen's Mode #4 Scale
F · Gb · G · Bb · B · C · Db · E
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 | F · Gb · G · Bb · B · C · Db · E · F | |
| Left hand | 5 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 | F · Gb · G · Bb · B · C · Db · E · F |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
F Messiaen's Mode #4 is made of the notes F · Gb · G · Bb · B · C · Db · E. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern H H W½ H H H W½ H.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Related scales
F Messiaen's Mode #4 is a selection of notes from larger scales rather than a seven-note scale of its own, so it has no chords of its own: it takes them from the scales that contain it, listed here with the scales it contains and its related keys.
Scales inside it
F KumoijoshiF · Gb · Bb · C · Db
Every note of this scale is in F Messiaen's Mode #4.
F Messiaen's Mode #5F · Gb · Bb · B · C · E
Every note of this scale is in F Messiaen's Mode #4.
Scales that contain it
F Messiaen's Mode #7F · Gb · G · Ab · Bb · B · C · Db · D · E
Contains every note of F Messiaen's Mode #4.
F ChromaticF · Gb · G · Ab · A · Bb · Cb · C · Db · D · Eb · E
Contains every note of F Messiaen's Mode #4.
Common questions
- How do I play F Messiaen's Mode #4?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What notes are in F Messiaen's Mode #4?
- F Messiaen's Mode #4 contains the notes F · Gb · G · Bb · B · C · Db · E, measured from the tonic F as the intervals 1P, 2m, 2M, 4P, 4A, 5P, 6m, 7M. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of F Messiaen's Mode #4?
- From F the steps run H H W½ H H H W½ H, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.